Have you ever experienced overwhelming pain and stress? Maybe it was love lost, a heartbreak, financial difficulty, a health crisis, or something else. As humans with nervous systems, we are sensitive to the challenges and adversities we face, even if we aren’t consciously aware of the effects they cause. Certainly we all would rather do with less pain and more of the pleasant experiences of … Continue reading Fuel for the Fire: Pain & Stress
“The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.” – Marcus Aurelius “Amor Fati” is a concept developed by the ancient Greek and Roman Stoics. It’s specifically a Latin phrase which means “the love of one’s fate.” We’ve all faced various forms of adversity and come upon different obstacles in our lives. The denial of reality can often stifle our … Continue reading Developing a Solution-Oriented Mindset Through Amor Fati
In earthy darkness ever so deep, Pressures confounding me as I feel myself weep, Like rain, Tears flowing over, As the shell of my heart being so hard begins to feel exposure. Moving upward and out of the bleak cold, Trying to break free of the soil that seems like a cast iron mold. Reaching the ceiling through earthly crust I push, Tempted to relent … Continue reading Into the Light (Poem)
Life can be difficult. In fact, there’s some people who experience such levels of adversity that they end up developing a sense and belief of learned helplessness. There was some research done through atrocious experimentation in the 1960s that established this fact. I’m going to spare you the details on those experiments (look into them at your own discretion), but essentially it showed that … Continue reading Overcoming Learned Helplessness
Transformation 